
Use the Slot & Tab function only after you have set up your Slot & Tab settings in the Tube/Pipe Library. Lastly, select the " Complete" button and the new cut and information will show up on the left of the screen in the Cut Chart section. If you've done everything right, the cutting plane will be highlighted when you place your cursor over it. Then, select the tube that you are trying to cut, followed by the cutting plane itself. Once the cutting plane in in the correct position, the user can record a cut by selecting the " New Cut" button. Then click and drag the move tools directly on the plane to move, resize, and rotate the plane. To move the plane, click the " Move" button.

Once a plane is place in the assembly, it can be used as a cutting feature and will allow straight cuts to be placed anywhere. Then click the first and second direction of the plane. To place a cutting plane, click the " New" button under the " Cutting" tab and click on a PickPoint to define the center/base point of the plane. Using the cutting plane feature, a custom plane can be defined and used to place cuts anywhere on the assembly design. This tool is used for cutting a specific place on a bend or straight tube that does not intersect another tube. Using the "Cutting Plane" function to cut a section of tube is different from cutting tubes that intersect. When viewing the details for the wrappers for a mitered cut, they should have these qualities.
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The cut should appear in the list of cuts on the Cutting tab and shown on the assembly.Ĭlick the " Auto-Cut" button to let the software attempt to generate all cuts in the assembly project.Ĭlick the " Auto-Miter" button to extend the lengths of intersecting tubes past their center line so they can be cut equally. The second and any consecutive selected parts will be highlighted in red. Click a second part, plane, or multiple parts that the first part will be cut to fit against.

The cut part will be highlighted in green once selected. Wrappers can be printed which, when wrapped around the end of a tube, mark where the tube needs to be cut.Ĭlick the " New Cut" button and click a part. The End Profiles tab within the Cutting tab contains the tools necessary for adding cuts to the ends of parts.
